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The City of York, Pennsylvania - named for York, England. The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777 in session in York, earning York the nickname "The First Capital of the United States," since the Articles established the term "The United States of America".
Also known as the White Rose city, reminiscent of the "War of the Roses" in England. Lancaster, PA is the Red Rose city.
www.yorkcity.org/
Also known as the White Rose city, reminiscent of the "War of the Roses" in England. Lancaster, PA is the Red Rose city.
www.yorkcity.org/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°58'2"N 76°43'51"W
- Washington, D.C. 113 km
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 125 km
- Vineland, New Jersey 148 km
- New York City, New York 235 km
- Newport News, Virginia 305 km
- Suffolk, Virginia 336 km
- Virginia Beach, Virginia 341 km
- Chesapeake, Virginia 346 km
- Raleigh, North Carolina 481 km
- Wilmington, North Carolina 637 km
- North York, Pennsylvania 0.9 km
- Grantley, Pennsylvania 3 km
- West York, Pennsylvania 3.4 km
- Regents Glen 3.6 km
- Shiloh, Pennsylvania 5.3 km
- Global Stone Lime Quarry 5.8 km
- Vulcan Construction Materials - York Quarry 7.8 km
- New Salem, Pennsylvania 8.9 km
- Weigelstown, Pennsylvania 9 km
- Dover Township, Pennsylvania 14 km
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